201: AI Real-Talk: Uncovering the Good, Bad and Ugly Through Prototyping with Eric, John, and Matt

The Data Stack Show

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Current State of LLMs (1:12)
• Historical Analogy to the iPhone (3:32)
• Limitations of Early iPhones (5:02)
• Comparing LLMs to Historical Technologies (6:08)
• Skepticism About LLM Capabilities (9:11)
• Broad Nature of AI Innovations (10:12)
• User Input Challenges (14:32)
• Transcription and Unstructured Data (16:19)
• Single Player vs. Multiplayer Experiences with LLMs (18:50)
• Revenue Insights from ChatGPT (20:27)
• Contextual Use of LLMs in Development (23:43)
• Implications of Human Involvement (26:15)
• The Role of Human Feedback (29:19)
• Customer Data Management and LLMs (31:25)
• Streamlining Data Engineering Processes (34:24)
• Prototyping Content Recommendations (37:42)
• Summarizing Content for LLMs (39:51)
• Challenges with Output Quality (41:18)
• Data Formatting for Marketing Use (43:20)
• Efficient Workflow Integration (46:20)
• Exploring New Prototyping Techniques (50:56)
• Distance Metrics for Improved Relevance (53:00)
• Improving Search Techniques (56:46)
• Utilizing LLMs in Customer Data (59:15)
• Challenges in Customer Data Processing (1:01:10)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (1:02:12)

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